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what is button / box?

A short wordless puzzle and clicker game where you try to open a box without any alphanumeric characters on screen.

button / box is a brief puzzle and clicker game created for a game jam focused on wordless design. The gameplay centers around opening a box using only visual cues, with no letters or numbers displayed.

It sits in the Clicker / Idle / Management / Puzzle corner of the genre. Like most idle games it runs on a simple loop — earn, reinvest, automate — but the depth is in how long that loop keeps unfolding. Expect to check in, make a few decisions, and watch the numbers climb whether you're at the keyboard or not.

New to incrementals? Read our beginner's guide first, or just hit play — these games are built to teach themselves.